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I didn't mean my list to be exhaustive! Grant's book is indeed a must as is Pamela Blum's _Early Gothic Saint-Denis_ and on and on... MG --- Christopher Crockett <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Marjorie Greene <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > >...Anyone interested in Suger's inspiration for > Saint-Denis should read the > chapter in Chenu's _Nature, Man, and Society in the > Twelfth Century_ > entitled "The Symbolist Mentality"; also _Artistic > Integration in Gothic > Buildings_, Raguin, Brush, Draper, eds. > > > not to say nothing against the above, but Sugar > scholarship has taken several > sweet twists and turns in recent decades and one > might also want to consult > the relevant papers in the Suger > exposition/conference held at the > Metropolitan Museum in the mid-eighties, as well as > the more recent and quite > interesting "biography" of him by Lindy Grant of the > Courtauld Institute. > > if nothing else, the latter work has done much to > demonstrate how far we may > have to go to fully understand this complex fellow > --and how resourceful we > have to be in peeling away the accretions of modern > constructs which have > obscured his reality, especially in Art Historical > matters. > > best to all from here, > > christopher > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________ > Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/